Alcohol Slang

chrussell

I'm doing some research around galway. I'm basically interested in what words young people use instead of alcohol. I'm sure in a city with such a diverse culture and one that's full of students, there must be alot.....any suggestions??

dr.bollocko

Booze.
There's yer starter for one.
Or grog.

chrussell

grog? is that galway one

dr.bollocko

I think it's more of a 17th century English one. Exported to Australia quite possibly.
I don't really know many local collective terms for booze.
Guinness: The blonde with the black dress.
Harp: Rats piss.
And then there's that galway hooker stuff. But collective local terms, nope, no idea.
Sorry.

padi89

Lush, Piss

ronnie3585

'Lush' is a pretty common one round these parts, for example;

I'm goin on the lush.
I'm goin lushin' down by the rivver.
Will you buy me some lush cos I forgot my ID?
Here sham, d'ya got any lush?

You can't mention Galway without mentioning Buckfast in the same breath. Usually referred to as buckie although I have heard it referred to as 'a bottle of beat the wife' - my own personal favourite.

Other words for drunk include stocious or locked but I don't know if they're specific to Galway?

biko

"A special" Pint of Smitwicks with a Guinness head

padi89

Headin out for a bottle?

Pick us up a bottle of B on the way.

skelliser

are ya goin for a bottle of Believe!

lush is defo the must popular
'gis a lush a dat!

DRakE

Drink

smackbunnybaby

sauce

ethernet

Tipple has a nice ring to it.

Black_Knight

Scoops is one I use

TerrorFirmer

Never heard lush before in my life. I'd just say booze, drink, or maybe having a few scoops. I'd normally just say 'Up for a few cans?' even if I'm not strictly going to be drinking cans.

leninbenjamin

TerrorFirmer wrote: »

Never heard lush before in my life.

you couldn't be from Galway then.

bushin' is another i guess. for obvious reasons.

'bainne' was one i've heard the odd time too.

minxie

"are ya goin for a jar????" my one...
on the lash, on the lush....

nobodythere

I wouldn't say lush as a verb, I'd say it more like "gimme a lush of your vodka" kinda thing.

Mashed, pished, flootered, locked, floored, twisted, out of it, ****ed, toasted.

We call buckfast BOB (as in Bottle of Buckfast).

dcukhunter

On the tare, on the rip, on the batter, tis a day for the high stool

Bass Cadet

Lush, swigs, a few cans o' p!ss...or a bottle of mama's milk (buckie)

brianthebard

Lush usually refers to the drinker,not the drink.Silly galway people.

axiom32

BOB thats good, as in going to the arch to meet bob..man u irish

turf

bottle of beat the wife..

tobiesheba

Beverages is one which I hear a lot and Galway and not in other places. As in "are you're going for a beverages?"

DRakE

are you're goin for a beverages ?!

jesus christ some people

mr biazzi

Heard Gat mentioned few times, more tralee area i think. traveler talk,
wheres the gat
any gat
gone gettin gat

Steyr

brianthebard wrote: »

Lush usually refers to the drinker,not the drink.Silly galway people.

ROFL at above, LUSH=DRINK LUSHIN=DRINKIN'

galwaygirleen

id say... are you going on the raz? or going on the tear..

PhiliousPhogg

I was 'pure monged out of it'

Love that one, though I think it's more to do with drugs

Lush is a big one all right. Give us a lush of that, lush it back we're goin, have you any lush in your gaf. What a flexible word, really suits the knackers who use it, what with their vocabulary difficulties and limited expression

padi89

PhiliousPhogg wrote: »

really suits the knackers who use it

:rolleyes:

nobodythere

More like "Who's going out tonight?" "Me john paddy and BOB".

I don't really hear lush that often. Maybe I drink with a more classy group of people... at the arch... out of the bottle.

herbieflowers

I've always found ****faced mildly amusing - is it unique to Galway, though?

nedward

Bottle of tonic, grape tonic, bottle of brown, or simply "a bottle", bottle of "what the **** are you looking at"

smashed is a really Galway word, goin gushin' as well, minced too

oneofakind32

Going on the lock!
Goin getting mouldy!
Going for a feasht a pints!
Goin getting fluttered!
Goin getting ossified!
Ya but I'm not goin tearin the arse out of it, I have work in the morning
Goin sparchin
Goin gettin polluted
Goin for a cheeky naggin!

Proxy

Went for a few small one's, had a lovely pint of cream in the Quays, lushed a few more, I was balubas. Went skatin' in the Roisin and got milled by a bouncer for tryin to feek some beure... lakes!!

civis_liberalis

chrussell wrote: »

I'm doing some research around galway. I'm basically interested in what words young people use instead of alcohol.

I can't imagine what you need that for but I call it "drink". It's unusual, I know.

Proxy

civis_liberalis wrote: »

I can't imagine what you need that for but I call it "drink". It's unusual, I know.

College boy, ha? :P

vulcan57

Gargle